Bottling-machine



(No Model.)

J. KLEE.

BOTTLING MACHINE. No. 264,039. Patented Sept. 5, 1882.

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BOTTLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,039, datedSeptember 5, 1882,

Application filed November 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN KLEE, of Dayton, inthe county ofMontgomeryand State of Ohio, have invented certain new andusef'ul Improvements in.Bottling-Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottling-machines for bottlingliquids under pressure.

My device is especially adapted to that class of bottles provided withinternal suspended stoppers, which stoppers have wire bails or loops fordrawing the valve to its seat, for holding it suspended, and foroperating it in opening the bottle; and it consists in applying to thefilling-head of a bottling-machine a plunger or rod suitably encompassedby a stuffing-box, and having a hook at its lower end adapted to engagewith the bail or loop of the stopper and draw the same to its seat inthe neck of the bottle before removal of the bottle from thefilling-head.

The novelty consistsin the combination, with the filling-head ofabottling-machine, ofa plunger inserted through said filling-head, packedby a stufifing-box, and having at its lower end a hook adapted to engagewith the bail or loop of a suspended internal stopper, all as will beherewith specifically set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, in centralsection through the filling-head, of my improved bottling-machine. Fig.2 is a side elevation, showing the manner of disengaging the bottle fromtheplungerhook.

A represents the filling-head of an ordinary bottling-machine forbottling aerated or gaseous liquids. This filling-head is a metalcylinder with an enlarged bore at its lower end for receiving the mouthof the bottle to be tilled, and it is connected with its appliances tothe machine in the usual or any suitable way.

B is the customary rubber cushion attached at the lower end or mouth ofthe cylinder'A, to form an air-tight joint with the mouth of the bottleduring the filling of the same.

Extendingverticallythrough thefilling-head and projecting from its topis a metal rod or plunger, G, preferably round in section and (Nomodel.)

about one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter, or slightly greater.

Upon the upper end of the cylinder or fillinghead A is a stuffing -boX,D, through which the plunger passes and by which an air-tight joint iseffected. The upper projecting end of the plunger is provided with anysuitable handle, E, or grasping device for raising and lowering theplunger. The lower end of the plunger is formed into a hook, F, which isadapted to engage with the loop or bail G of the internal suspendedstopper H in the bottle I. I prefer to make my plunger-rod of springmetal and slightly bend the lower end, as shown, so that in lowering theplunger the lower end of the hook will clear the top of thestopper-loop. Then as the plunger descends the loop presses the hooksidewise until its point passes the top cross-piece of the loop orbail,whenthespringot'the rod, reacting, throws the point of the hookunder the loop and e11- gages the same, so that by drawing up theplunger the stopper is lifted and brought to its seat in the neck of thebottle. The plungerrod is free to be turned in the filling-head so as topresent the hook properly to the stop per-loop.

I do not propose to limit myself to a springrod, as a rigid rod andrigid hook might be used in substantially the same way, only requiringmore manipulation, perhaps, to eifect the engagement of the hook withthe. stopperloop. Again, instead of having a spring-rod, the hook mightbe so constructed as to have spring action and give in passing the toppiece of the loop.

When the stopper is drawn to, its seat and the bottleclosed thereby,after being filled, the plunger is lowered sufficiently to enable theneck of the bottle to be unsealed from the cushion B, whereupon bytilting the bottle, as seen in Fig. 2, its stopper may be disengagedfrom the hook, as will be readily understood.

The pipes for conveying the liquid and sirups into the filling-head arenot here shown, but are applied in thecustomary or any suitable way.

I am aware that a plunger has been used with a filling-head for thepurpose of drawing internal stoppers to their seats in the neck of ICOthe bottle, as shown in the English Patent of Duncan McOallum, No.2,417, granted September 27, 1861, and in the United States Patent ofJohn Martheus, No. 41,440, dated February 2, 1864.

Neither of the above devices is capable of use with a suspended stopper,and could not operate as mine does to form a positive lock between theplunger and the stopper while drawing the latter to its seat.

Having thus fully described my invention, I elain1 1. In abottling-machine, the combination, with the filling-head, of a plungerinserted through said filling-head, packed by a stuffingboX, andprovided on its lower end with a hook adapted to engage with the loop orbail of an internal suspended stopper, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a bottling-machine, the combination, with the filling-head, of aplunger inserted through said filling-head, packed by a stuffingboX, andprovided on its lower end with a spring or yielding hook adapted toengage with the loop or bail of an internal suspended stopper, as andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand,

JOHN KLEE.

Witnesses:

M. CHAS. NOLAN, (Jr-ms. M. PEoK.

